Arild Hermstad

Arild Hermstad
Arild Hermstad
	Hermstad in 2018
Leader of the Green Party
	Acting
	Assumed office ; 22 August 2022
Deputy	Himself ; Ingrid Liland
Preceded by	Une Aina Bastholm ;
First Deputy Leader of the Green Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 April 2020
Leader	Une Aina Bastholm ; Himself (acting)
Preceded by	Himself (as spokesperson)
Spokesperson for the Green Party
	In office; 12 May 2018 – 25 April 2020 Serving with Une Aina Bastholm
Preceded by	Rasmus Hansson
Succeeded by	Himself (as deputy leader)
Personal details
Born	16 October 1966 (age 57); Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Political party	Green
Children	2
Education	University of Bergen ; Norwegian School of Economics

Arild Hermstad (born 15 October 1966) is a Norwegian politician for the Green Party, who has served as the party spokesperson, alongside Une Aina Bastholm, from 2018 to 2020, and then the deputy leader since 2020.

Personal life and education

Education

Hermstad took his secondary education at Bergen Cathedral School in 1985. After studying economics for two years at the Norwegian School of Economics, Hermstad enrolled at the University of Bergen whence he graduated with a major in social geography in 1995.^[1]

Personal life

Hermstad is married and has two children.^[2]

Career

Hermstad has previously worked in a bank,^[1] as a brigade coordinator in Latin America, with local environmental work in Bergen and has been employed by the Rafto Foundation.

He first became known nationwide as leader of Framtiden i våre hender from 2001 to 2017.^[1] He was also the leader of the Cyclists' National Association from 2013 to 2018.

He was the Green Party's candidate in Hordaland constituency for the 2017 and 2021 election, but failed to secure a seat on both occasions.^[3]^[4]

On 12 May 2018, he was elected spokesperson for the Green Party, alongside incumbent Une Aina Bastholm, succeeding Rasmus Hansson.^[5]

Following a national conference in 2019, the Green Party decided to elect a single leader, abolishing their tradition of having multiple spokespeople. During a meeting on 25 April 2020 (held digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Hermstad became one of two deputy leaders, alongside Kriss Rokkan Iversen, with Bastholm as leader.^[6]

On 17 August 2022, Bastholm announced her resignation as party leader and the Green Party committee scheduled an extrondinary congress for the autumn. Shortly afterwards, Hermstad announced his leadership candidacy, while he in addition would become acting leader on 22 August until the autumn congress.^[7] He was designated leader on 10 October, with Lan Marie Berg as deputy leader.^[8]

Between 2 March 2020 and 9 March 2021, he was acting Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment in addition to Urban Planning, in Lan Marie Berg's and Hanna Marcussen's absences.^[9]^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Arild hermstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^ "Arild Hermstad" (in Norwegian). Green Party. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Arild Hermstad og Natalia Antonia Golis ble klappet inn til stående applaus som 1. og 2. kandidat til Stortingsvalget på nominasjonsmøtet til MDG Hordaland!" (in Norwegian). Vestland MDG on Facebook. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Lister og kandidater Hordaland 2021" (PDF) (in Norwegian). valg.no. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Arild Hermstad valgt til ny leder i MDG" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Bastholm ber oljearbeidere bli klimahelter" (in Norwegian). NRK. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "MDG-Hansson: Håper Hermstad får motkandidat" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Valgkomiteen vil ha Arild Hermstad som ny MDG-leder" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Hermstad erstatter Lan Marie Berg" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Hermstad ut av byrådet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[snl-1] "Arild hermstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[2] "Arild Hermstad" (in Norwegian). Green Party. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[3] "Arild Hermstad og Natalia Antonia Golis ble klappet inn til stående applaus som 1. og 2. kandidat til Stortingsvalget på nominasjonsmøtet til MDG Hordaland!" (in Norwegian). Vestland MDG on Facebook. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[4] "Lister og kandidater Hordaland 2021" (PDF) (in Norwegian). valg.no. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[5] "Arild Hermstad valgt til ny leder i MDG" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[6] "Bastholm ber oljearbeidere bli klimahelter" (in Norwegian). NRK. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[7] "MDG-Hansson: Håper Hermstad får motkandidat" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[8] "Valgkomiteen vil ha Arild Hermstad som ny MDG-leder" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

[9] "Hermstad erstatter Lan Marie Berg" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[10] "Hermstad ut av byrådet" (in Norwegian). NRK. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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